Why is the murder of a 13-year-old by a 14-year-old in Mays Landing last Wednesday reported Saturday on Page 9 in a small paragraph? What criteria do The Star-Ledger use to decide which murders are worthy of reporting on the front page, and which murders get buried days later? The daylight murders of children by children usually qualify for the front page, but apparently not this one.

Murders in the South Ward of Newark always make front page. But a similar murder in the North Ward, or in another town, don’t seem to qualify.